Global Economy Watch — World Bank Warns Global Commodity Prices Will Surge 23% as...
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The World Bank issued a major warning Wednesday, October 28, projecting that global commodity prices will rise 23% in 2026 as overlapping international...
Global Watch — 36,000 Flee Ethiopia as Fighting Creates New Humanitarian Crisis on Kenya’s...
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An outbreak of violence in southern Ethiopia has forced approximately 36,000 people to flee into neighboring Kenya, creating a rapidly expanding cross-border humanitarian...
Global Economy Watch — AI Giants Seek Up to $195 Billion as Global Investment...
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Two of the world's leading artificial intelligence companies announced extraordinary financing initiatives on October 26, potentially raising a combined $195 billion and marking...
Global Economy Watch — Brazil’s Currency Plunges 12% as Stock Exchange Halts Trading Following...
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Brazil experienced a severe financial-market shock Monday morning, October 26, as investors reacted to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's unexpected reelection, sending...
Global Watch — Serbia’s Student Revolution Topples 14-Year Political Establishment
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A student-led protest movement has achieved a historic electoral victory in Serbia, ending 14 years of political dominance by Aleksandar Vučić and his...
Global Watch — Israel Launches Major West Bank Offensive, Displacing Thousands and Restricting Palestinian...
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Israel has launched a major military operation across the occupied West Bank, displacing approximately 2,000 Palestinians, demolishing buildings and imposing sweeping movement restrictions...
Global Watch — Sudan’s Worst Drought in Decades Raises Famine Threat as Food Aid...
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New evidence indicates that Sudan is confronting a potentially catastrophic combination of failed harvests, spreading hunger and collapsing humanitarian assistance, with the United...
Global Watch — Ebola Reaches West Africa as Deadly Outbreak Spreads Across International Borders
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A rapidly expanding Ebola epidemic that has killed more than 4,600 people in Africa has reached Nigeria, raising international concerns that the disease...
Global Economy Watch — IMF Warns Middle East War Is Driving Major Economies Into...
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The International Monetary Fund released a detailed regional economic assessment Thursday, October 22, projecting that the economies of the Middle East, North Africa,...
Global Watch — Global Cybersecurity Emergency Forces Government Websites Offline as Critical Internet Vulnerabilities...
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A major international cybersecurity emergency disrupted government websites and essential online services across multiple countries Wednesday, October 21, after researchers disclosed critical vulnerabilities...
Global Watch — France’s Borrowing Costs Hit 24-Year High as Europe’s Sovereign Debt Risks...
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France, the eurozone’s second-largest economy, experienced a significant deterioration in investor confidence Wednesday, October 21, as the interest rate on its benchmark 10-year...
Global Watch — NATO Deploys Additional Aircraft and Drones to Black Sea After Deadly...
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NATO announced Tuesday, October 20, that it will deploy additional maritime patrol aircraft, surveillance drones and radar systems to the Black Sea following...
Global Story Watch — Britain Deploys Fighter Jets to Defend Saudi Arabia as Yemen...
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The United Kingdom announced Tuesday, October 20, that it will deploy Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets to defend Saudi Arabia against escalating...
Global Watch — Indonesia’s $82 Billion Market Collapse Threatens Its Place in Global Finance
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Indonesia is scrambling to stabilize its financial markets after an extraordinary two-day stock market collapse erased approximately $82 billion in market value, prompting...
Global Watch: Sudan Drone Attacks Kill More Than 160 as Civilian Massacres Intensify
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A devastating wave of drone attacks across Sudan has reportedly killed more than 160 people in recent days, marking a significant escalation in...
Global Watch — France’s Civil Unrest Spills Into European Debt Markets, Raising Fears of...
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France is confronting its worst civil unrest in years as nationwide protests over living costs and deteriorating public services have escalated into widespread...
Global Watch: Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in Congo’s History Spreads Further Across Central and East...
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The devastating Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has officially spread to an eighth province, while Kenya confirmed another infection...
Global Watch: UN Cuts Food Assistance to 500,000 Gazans as Humanitarian Crisis Deepens
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The World Food Programme (WFP) has reduced food assistance in Gaza Strip by 500,000 people, a major deterioration in humanitarian support as winter...
Global Watch: Egypt Moves Toward Military Intervention as Yemen War Threatens to Engulf More...
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Egypt has formally pledged military and security support to Saudi Arabia as the kingdom confronts escalating missile and drone attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed...
Global Watch: UAE Reportedly Rejoins Yemen War as Saudi Arabia Rebuilds Anti-Houthi Alliance
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The United Arab Emirates has reportedly reached an agreement with Saudi Arabia to resume supporting Yemeni forces fighting the Iran-backed Houthis, signaling a...
Global Watch – Trump Suspends Sweeping Russia Sanctions as U.S.–Ukraine Alliance Fractures
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U.S. President Donald Trump has suspended a sweeping new sanctions package against Russia, reversing legislation he signed just four weeks ago and delivering...
Global Economy Watch: U.S. Budget Deficit Nears $2 Trillion as Record Debt Costs Deepen...
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The United States has reported its largest annual budget deficit in five years, revealing a troubling deterioration in federal finances at a time...
Global Watch: Drone Strike Kills 30 at Sudanese Market as Civil War Intensifies
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A drone strike against a crowded livestock market in Nyala reportedly killed at least 30 civilians and wounded 47 others on Friday, October...
Global Economy Watch: Indonesia’s Stock Market Crashes 11% as Global Index Provider Threatens to...
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Southeast Asia's largest economy is confronting a major financial-market crisis after an international index provider announced plans that could effectively exclude Indonesia from...
Global Economy Watch: International Energy Agency Orders Accelerated Emergency Diesel Releases as Global Fuel...
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The world's leading industrialized economies have agreed to accelerate emergency fuel releases in an effort to contain record diesel prices and prevent the...
Global Watch: Houthis Strike Yemen’s Presidential Palace, Killing Two as Regional War Escalates
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Iran-backed Houthi forces launched a missile attack against the presidential palace complex in Aden on Thursday, October 15, killing two security guards in...
Global Economy Watch: U.S. Wholesale Inflation Surges to Four-Year High, Deepening Global Inflation Concerns
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A second major inflation surprise in 24 hours has revealed that price pressures are building throughout the American economy, raising concerns about another...
Global Economy Watch: U.S. Wholesale Inflation Surges to Four-Year High, Deepening Global Inflation Concerns
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A second major inflation surprise in 24 hours has revealed that price pressures are building throughout the American economy, raising concerns about another...
Global Economy Watch — Asian Markets Plunge as AI Selloff Triggers Emergency Trading Halt...
What Happened
The global selloff in artificial intelligence investments has intensified into a broader financial-market disruption, triggering an emergency trading halt in South Korea and...
Global Economy Watch — IMF Issues Urgent Warning as Government Borrowing Costs Reach Their...
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The world's governments are approaching a dangerous financial crossroads as historically high public debt collides with rapidly rising borrowing costs. On October 14,...
Global Economy Watch — IMF Warns the Global Economy Is Splitting Into Winners and...
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The global economy is becoming increasingly divided, with a shrinking number of countries generating nearly all worldwide economic growth. In its new World...
Global Watch: Congo’s Former President Takes Command of Rebel Coalition, Threatening Wider Civil War
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Former President Joseph Kabila has formally assumed leadership of a new political-military coalition seeking to overthrow the government of the Democratic Republic of...
Global Economy Watch: AI’s $90 Billion Borrowing Wave Raises New Fears About Global Financial...
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A new wave of enormous borrowing plans by major technology companies is adding pressure to global bond markets already struggling with high interest...
Global Watch: Eritrean Troops Enter Ethiopia as Regional War Threat Grows
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Troops from Eritrea have reportedly crossed into northern Ethiopia, threatening to transform Ethiopia’s renewed civil war into a direct interstate conflict. Reuters and...
Global Watch: Russia answers Ukraine’s Moscow drone barrage with one of war’s largest strikes
Russia launched one of its largest aerial attacks of the war against Ukraine early Wednesday, firing about 70 missiles along with a large wave...
Global Economy Watch: India Starts Raising Rates — The Energy Shock Is Spreading Into...
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The Reserve Bank of India has raised its benchmark repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.50%, its first increase in nearly four...
Global Watch: Ukraine launches one of war’s largest drone attacks on Moscow region
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Ukraine launched one of the largest long-range drone attacks of the war against Russia on Tuesday, with Russian authorities saying nearly 900 drones...
Global Watch: Drone attacks sink ship off Bulgaria as Black Sea danger spreads across...
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Two commercial vessels were struck by drones early Tuesday inside Bulgaria’s Black Sea exclusive economic zone, with the Togo-flagged Alfa Watan sinking and...
Global Watch: Civilian cargo ship sinks near Romania after suspected Russian drone strike
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A Turkish-owned commercial vessel carrying corn from Ukraine sank in the Black Sea on Monday after being struck by what Ukraine says were...
Global Watch: Houthis seize strategic town and tighten pressure on Taiz despite new government...
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Iran-aligned Houthi forces have captured Turbah, a strategically important town southwest of Taiz, according to local officials cited by the Associated Press, extending...
Global Watch: Ethiopian government forces capture Mekelle as Tigrayan leadership retreats
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Ethiopian federal forces and allied militias have captured Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region, after a rapid counteroffensive against the opposition alliance...
Global Watch: Pro-government forces say they have entered Mekelle and retaken Tigray’s main airport
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Pro-government forces in Ethiopia say they have captured Alula Aba Nega Airport outside Mekelle and begun entering the Tigrayan regional capital, a potentially...
Global Economy Watch: Global Food Prices Reach a Nearly Four-Year High as War and...
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World food prices climbed again in September, pushing the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsFood Price Index to 136.0—its highest level...
Global Watch: Congo’s Ebola outbreak passes 4,000 deaths as containment falters
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The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has now killed 4,018 people among 8,300 confirmed cases, according to new government...
Global Watch: Eritrea severs ties with Ethiopia as northern war widens into an interstate...
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Eritrea has severed diplomatic relations with neighboring Ethiopia, marking a major deterioration between two states that fought together during Ethiopia’s 2020–2022 Tigray war....
Global Watch: Pakistan resumes airstrikes inside Afghanistan, killing civilians after three-month lull
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Pakistan has carried out new airstrikes inside neighboring Afghanistan, sharply escalating tensions after roughly three months of relative calm between the two governments....
Global Economy Watch: Global Bond Selloff Breaks Another Threshold — U.S. 10-Year Yield Hits...
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The global government-bond selloff has accelerated again, pushing the benchmark U.S. 10-year Treasury yield to 5.34%—its highest level since 2002 and above its...
Global Watch: U.S. sends a third aircraft carrier and thousands more troops toward Iran
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The United States is deploying a third aircraft-carrier strike group and roughly 9,000 additional troops to the Middle East as President Donald Trump...
Global Economy Watch: Russia Extends Diesel Export Ban as the Global Fuel Shortage Deepens
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Russia has extended its ban on diesel exports through the end of October, removing another important source of refined fuel from a global...
Global Watch: Russia launches its heaviest energy assault since last winter as NATO states...
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Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack against Ukraine overnight, concentrating heavily on energy infrastructure in Kyiv and surrounding regions as temperatures...
